The Story of the Weeping Camel
(2003)
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The Story of the Weeping Camel
(2003)
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Janchiv Ayurzana | ... |
Janchiv
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Chimed Ohin | ... |
Chimed
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Amgaabazar Gonson | ... |
Amgaa
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Zeveljamz Nyam | ... |
Zevel
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Ikhbayar Amgaabazar | ... |
Ikchee
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Odgerel Ayusch | ... |
Odgoo
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Enkhbulgan Ikhbayar | ... |
Dude
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Uuganbaatar Ikhbayar | ... |
Ugna
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Guntbaatar Ikhbayar | ... |
Guntee
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Munkhbayar Lhagvaa | ... |
Munkbayar, violin teacher
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Ariunjargal Adiya | ... |
Teacher's Assistant
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Dogo Roljav | ... |
Relative Aimak I
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Chuluunzezeg Gur | ... |
Relative Aimak II
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Botok | ... |
Baby Camel
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Ingen Tenne | ... |
Mother Camel
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Springtime in the Gobi Desert, South Mongolia. A family of nomadic shepherds assists the births of their camel herd. One of the camels has an excruciatingly difficult delivery but, with help from the family, out comes a rare white colt. Despite the efforts of the shepherds, the mother rejects the newborn, refusing it her milk and her motherly love. When any hope for the little one seems to have vanished, the nomads send their two young boys on a journey through the desert, to a a backwater town in search of a musician who is their only hope for saving the colt's life. Written by TNS
There's a new style of film eking into the film biz called "Narrative Documentary." What? An oxymoron you tutt-tutt silently as you read.Well, yes and no. It describes a documentary that has been embellished with narrative scenes to ultimately create the arc-drama one finds in a feature film with the intelligence of a documentary.
Narrative documentary is truly an appropriate expression for this wonderfully unique and intriguing little gem, The Story of the Weeping Camel.
As you watch the fairly simple tale of a camel that after a grueling birthing of her albino calf, she decides she's not interested in the ideas of motherhood and abandons the newborn to fend for itself.
Sounds positively dull until you start to watch this young mother and the footage the filmmakers gathered and you are pulled in - mesmerized, "How did the film crew get this?" It feels like a documentary, looks like a documentary but then there's the story obviously running along side the remarkable footage that you realize is scripted, storyboarded and a team behind the lens have planned. Amazing.